Stelter, M. & Degner, J. (2017, July). Remembering “us” versus “them”: Exploring the other-race effect in working memory. In Stelter, M. (Chair): The influence of social categorization on person and face perception. Symposium held at the 18th General Meeting of the European Association of Social Psychology (EASP). Granada, Spain

Stelter, M. (2017, July). The influence of social categorization on person and face perception. Symposium chaired at the 18th General Meeting of the European Association of Social Psychology (EASP). Granada, Spain

Research Interests

My research focusses on how people perceive and behave toward people of in- and outgroups.

In one line of research, I investigate the cognitive mechanisms underlying perception and recognition of ingroup and outgroup faces. To this means, I am applying different experimental-psychological methods such as computer-based reaction time measures and eye-tracking methodology.

In another line of research, I am investigating the influence of threat-related stereotypes on behavior. Specifically, we apply the so-called police officer's dilemma (Correll et al., 2002) to the European context. In one project, we have conducted studies in cooperation with the Akademie der Polizei Hamburg. Further, we are conducting studies in the computer lab and in virtual reality.